The Legend of Level 0 in Academy City

"Hey Index, I can treat you to steak for lunch!"

After seeing off the editor, Inoue Hideka waved the bank card in his hand and jokingly said to Index.

"Huh? Wasn't that agreed upon yesterday?"

Index, with ham stuffed into her mouth, looked at Inoue Hideka with a bewildered expression.

"Forehead!"

Inoue Hideka!

What would have happened if Editor Sawada hadn't come!

"Ha..." Inoue Hideka sighed dejectedly before continuing:

"Then wait for me at the entrance of Zhachuan Middle School at noon. If you can't find Zhachuan Middle School, don't blame me for being heartless."

"Hmph! Eika, don't underestimate me. I can even find a school for Touma!"

"Yes, yes! Princess Index is the best!"

Listlessly going through the motions, Inoue Hideka glanced at Accelerator, who was quietly eating his breakfast like a handsome, quiet man.

"By the way, Accelerator. Don't just stay cooped up at home like a shut-in all the time! Why don't you take Last Order out and have some fun more often?"

"Tsk! Mind your own business!"

“Yeah, yeah! Let’s go out and have some fun! Hey, Accelerator, how about we go see a movie?” Misaka Misaka agreed with Inoue-san, thinking he made a lot of sense, and looked at Accelerator expectantly.

"Shut up, you brat! I know, stop nagging and making all that noise!"

"Ah...their relationship is so good! Is Mr. Kamijou the only one who has to eat his lunch alone? Ahhh! I also look forward to meeting a goddess-like older sister on a romantic afternoon!"

"Hehe! Inoue-kun's family is really interesting!"

Chapter 193 The Beginning of the Book of Law Incident

At noon, when the school bell rang, Inoue Hideka couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In a sense, this was his first time attending a class in Academy City, and the basic math and chemistry lessons he learned this morning were incredibly boring.

Apart from the short-browed yuri girl sitting next to him at the beginning of class, who surprised him a bit, Inoue Hideka's mind was completely free for the rest of the time.

Just now, Shiori Uiharu suddenly received a job from the Disciplinary Committee, told Eika Inoue about it, and left first.

"Inoue, didn't you bring a lunchbox either? Let's go to the cafeteria to eat together?"

The person who answered him was a boy with a watermelon-shaped haircut.

Although he didn't know his name, Inoue Hideka still replied politely.

"Sorry! I have an appointment for lunch..."

"Ah! Yinghua! I've finally found you!"

At the doorway, the silver-haired nun waved to Inoue Hideka, her expression seemingly saying: Come and praise me!

"Yes, yes! Index is indeed the most powerful!"

With a helpless expression on his face, Inoue Eika replied to Index, then turned to the boy with the watermelon rind and said:

"Then I'll go first."

Inside a Western restaurant near Zhachuan Middle School.

With her left hand holding the steak firmly with a fork, Inoue Hideka patiently cut the steak into small pieces from the bottom left corner with a knife in her right hand.

It's not that Inoue Hideka has a habit of cutting all the meat into small pieces before eating it.

He wasn't cutting food for himself, but for Index.

"Index, you'll get indigestion if you eat like this. Eat mine first."

He pressed down on the second whole steak that Index was about to put in her mouth with his fork, then handed over the steak he had cut in front of him, and said to Index speechlessly.

"Wow! Eika is the best! Touma, that idiot, never takes me out for steak, and he definitely doesn't care how I eat it! Humph!"

"Well, well~~ Okay, hurry up and eat!"

Even though you say you dislike it, you actually really like Touma, right?

Ignoring the surprised looks around him, Inoue Hideka spoke while thinking to himself.

Why are the people around us looking at us with surprise?

Inoue Hidekazu didn't need to think about this kind of problem at all.

Anyone would be surprised to see a table full of steaks ordered when there are only two people eating, right?

What's more, the boy who looks quite sturdy hasn't eaten a single bite since the beginning.

And that girl, who looked delicate and frail, was like a bottomless pit, wolfing down her food as if she hadn't eaten in eight lifetimes.

"By the way, Index. Do you remember how we met? I've been a bit forgetful lately, and I can't seem to remember."

Index is an innocent girl who has no guile and doesn't speculate about others.

Inoue Hideka felt that it was a feasible approach to subtly extract some information from her.

"Ugh, ugh~~ It was Eika who saved me from being chased and left on Touma's balcony, where I had fainted from hunger! It's that simple."

After swallowing the beef in her mouth, Index smiled like an angel and said to Inoue Hideka.

"Hmm... I see..."

Inoue Hideka was eager to know if she had changed anything during the Index of Banned Books incident.

For example, the relationship between Index, Kanzaki, and Stiyl, or Touma Kamijou's amnesia.

However, he also understood that Index, as the main party involved in the incident, knew very little about the ins and outs of the whole event.

Furthermore, when the collar was removed, Index's personality was replaced by the Catalog.

You can't get much information out of her by asking her.

Mmm~~ Mmm~~

After saying that, Index started struggling with the steak again.

With its mouth stuffed full, cheeks puffed out, and adorable sounds it makes while eating...

Inoue Hideka looked at Index with tenderness and a doting smile on his face.

This child really is like a little sister.

No matter what I did in the past, at least this girl is happy now and doesn't have to worry about her favorite food.

This is enough.

Thinking this, Inoue Hideka suddenly sensed a fluctuation outside the restaurant that caught his attention.

Looking curiously through the restaurant's glass window, I gazed toward the source of the vibrations.

About 200 meters away, on the street diagonally opposite, a boy who is over 1.8 meters tall is walking in this direction.

He was dressed like a priest, with fiery red hair and a cigarette smoldering from his lips.

At this distance, although he couldn't see the face clearly, Inoue Hideka recognized the person just from their appearance.

Stiyl Magnus.

correct!

Today, it seems to be September 8th.

That is, the time when the Book of Law incident began.

But why am I able to sense Stiyl?

This body seems to hold some unknown secrets.

While Inoue Hideka was thinking, Steele had already entered the restaurant, and a hint of unease flashed in his eyes when he saw Inoue Hideka.

Noticing the strange look in Stiyl's eyes, Inoue Hideka stared at Stiyl with some curiosity.

"Hey! Even if you stare at me like that, I won't say anything disgusting like thank you!"

"kindness?"

grateful?

What should I thank?

So, as expected, what did I do in the Catalogue of Banned Books incident?

"Ahem! Anyway, I'm taking Index away now. Give this letter to Touma Kamijou."

Stiyl coughed twice to cover his embarrassment, then handed Inoue Hideka an envelope with a serious expression.

"Well, there's no rush, right? Let's sit down and have some steak together. Besides, if you take Indexy away now, she might not forgive you!"

Upon hearing Inoue Eika's words, Steele turned to look at Index.

Sure enough, Index stuffed steak into her mouth while giving Stiyl a wary look.

"I...I understand! But it's just because I haven't eaten yet, that's all."

Taking the envelope, Inoue Hideka glanced disdainfully at the arrogant Stiyl, then stood up and invited Stiyl to sit inside.

Please ask the waiter to bring another set of tableware.

There was enough food on the table, and Inoue Hideka requested the waiter to bring out a new steak after each serving was finished.

Stop when Index feels she has eaten enough.

After Stiyl sat down, he started eating the steak closest to him, while occasionally glancing sideways at the happy Index.

Inoue Hideka was still cutting flesh for Index.

If it weren't for the fact that the steak set meal included other foods like fried eggs, Inoue Hideka believed that she could never cut meat as fast as Index could eat it.

Looking at the two of them acting strangely, Inoue Hideka really wanted to ask Kamijou Touma whether he liked Index or not.

If he truly has no romantic feelings for Index, then entrusting her to Stiyl would be a perfectly good choice.

I just don't know what Index means.